The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ITALY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ITALY
- Land in hospital — yuk!
- European country, I agree, needing to expel one Liberal
- Essential to spend first year in the country
- Rift valleys regularly drained the land
- Friend half-heartedly supporting appeal in country
- Land one left in flower
- Land one left to enter river
- Country‘s one match — winger for Arsenal left out
- I will represent this country
- Land spread evenly across rift valley
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